The All-White All-Time Team

[IcemanOutlaw]

hey andrew.. how bout paxon?

[air gordon]

jeff ruland... unbelieveable

[Mayerhendrix]

with nash already off the bench having a shooter like price would be better imo. who needs a 3rd pg who is never gonna see minutes when you can have a great shooter for certain situations

True, I was going with the assumption that it was intended as an 'honorary roster' that wouldn't be designed with the intent of playing together in a theoretical game.

[Sauru]

thats how most people do these type of rosters so its probably how you should do it lol. i always make them as if they played together

[The X]

I make them as if you are actually going to play with them. Why else would David Lee be there (as much as I love his game)?

And to Andrew, yes, it's clearly a post-merger team. Otherwise Jerry West would be my starting SG and Bob Pettit my starting PF

[Sauru]

i also consider them at the best they ever were which is why i say walton is hands down the best white center imo to play for any team i create. of course add in the injuries and things change alot

[Mayerhendrix]

The conclusion in this case...all the REALLY good players needed to put together a "best of all time" type of team...are black.

I mean if you'd be taking your starting five:
Kevin McHale/Dirk Nowitzki/Larry Bird/Paul Westphal/John Stockton

And then matching them up to the "All-Black" starting five:
C: Russell/Kareem/Wilt/Shaq (?)
PF: Tim Duncan
SF: Julius Erving (or Oscar Robertson?)
SG: Michael Jordan
PG: Magic Johnson

It's a very hard argument to make against the second lineup there.

[benji]

The "conclusion" to what "case"?

Nobody is arguing white vs. black, or even as a "best all-time" team. This is a thought exercise stemming from a stupid, hopefully parody, site.

[Mayerhendrix]

Alright, then, to phrase it differently.

"It's interesting how much of a clear distinction there is in the talent level between the "All-White" and "All-Black" best-of teams.

[benji]

[Mayerhendrix]

At first glance, I thought that was Phil Jackson.

[NovU]

rofl! good one benji. State the obvious... rofl...

[The X]

The conclusion in this case...all the REALLY good players needed to put together a "best of all time" type of team...are black.

I mean if you'd be taking your starting five:
Kevin McHale/Dirk Nowitzki/Larry Bird/Paul Westphal/John Stockton

And then matching them up to the "All-Black" starting five:
C: Russell/Kareem/Wilt/Shaq (?)
PF: Tim Duncan
SF: Julius Erving (or Oscar Robertson?)
SG: Michael Jordan
PG: Magic Johnson

It's a very hard argument to make against the second lineup there.

The guys in bold are pre-merger players so they obviously wouldn't be included in any such matchup since Benji was only listing post-merger players. Kareem & Dr J obviously span both eras so you could argue either way (although I'd go with the pre-merger ABA Dr J).


EDIT: I'm looking forward to pre-merger All-White teams. Guys like Jerry West, Bob Pettit, Rick Barry, Pistol Pete Maravich, John Havlicek, Bob Cousy, George Mikan ,Dave Cowens, Bill Sharman, Jerry Lucas, Dolph Schayes & Paul Arizin will probably feature.

[Andrew]

hey andrew.. how bout paxon?

He's not an all-time great. A fine role player, but he doesn't belong on this list.

[Sauru]

The conclusion in this case...all the REALLY good players needed to put together a "best of all time" type of team...are black.

I mean if you'd be taking your starting five:
Kevin McHale/Dirk Nowitzki/Larry Bird/Paul Westphal/John Stockton

And then matching them up to the "All-Black" starting five:
C: Russell/Kareem/Wilt/Shaq (?)
PF: Tim Duncan
SF: Julius Erving (or Oscar Robertson?)
SG: Michael Jordan
PG: Magic Johnson

It's a very hard argument to make against the second lineup there.

if you took the 5 best white players at thier best it would be a good game. i wont say they would win, probably wouldnt, but i think if you match walton,mchale,bird,westphal,stockton vs that 5 it would be a damn good game. biggest advanatage would be the size of the "black" team

[kingjames23]

lets make this more difficult....

how about a team of white boys born in the U.S.A? no Dirk, no Nash....

and just for fun, the all native american team.... i dont think it can be done.... never mind

C Bill Walton
PF Kevin McHale
SF Larry Bird
SG Jerry West
PG John Stockton

C George Mikan
PF Dave Cowens
SF Pete Maravich
SG Rick Barry
PG Bob Cousy

PF Bob Pettit
SF Chris Mullin
SG Paul Arizin
SG Dan Majerle
PG Mark Price

[Its_asdf]

biggest advanatage would be the size of the "black" team

tee hee....

[Andrew]

how about a team of white boys born in the U.S.A? no Dirk, no Nash....

That's still a good squad, even if you restricted it to post-merger.